Title: What is the Lemming Condition
Chapter 1
Answer each question completely. Use paragraph format and academic writing. You do NOT have to write a paragraph for each question, but you do have to write sentences.


Pg. 2: What do you learn about Bubber’s and his father’s relationship in the last paragraph?

Pg. 6: Describe crow’s and Bubber’s conversation?

Pg 12: Why was Bubber angered over Crow’s conversation?






Chapter 2
Pg. 13/14: How did Crow get Bubber all hopped up?

Pg. 14: What advice did mother and father give to Bubber?

Pg. 15: Explain what the conversation between Arnold and Bubber was about?

Pg. 19: What was the realization Bubber had about his friend Arnold?



Chapter 3



Describe Bubbers cousins, aunt and uncle. You should have four characters. Name them.

Pg. 21: Why does Uncle Claude get angry with Bubber when he brings up the cliffs?

Pg . 22: Why does Bubber think he is going crazy?

Pg. 24: Describe the two steps Uncle Claude speaks about.

Pg. 25: Explain how the plain today is different from other days.

Pg. 26: What is the ‘time of questioning’?

Pg 27: What did Bubber ‘see’ that made him turn and run off?

Chapter 6




Chapter 6

You have your notes to refer back to when you’re writing this paper.

1. What is the theme of the book? Explain your answer using evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

2. How did Bubber’s character evolve from the beginning of the book to the end? Explain using evidence from the text.

3. What is the Lemming Condition? Research lemmings and this event and decide what motivates lemmings to do this.